Accessory drive mechanism for hybrid vehicle

• US 8,770,327 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2010
• Issued: 07/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: UD Trucks Corporation (Isuzu Motors Limited)
• Original Assignee: UD Trucks Corporation (Isuzu Motors Limited)
• Inventors: Yamada, Yoshiaki, Tsuchiya, Takayuki, Hikiri, Kunihiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Restifo, Jeffrey J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gurari, Erez
• Application Number:
  US13/517,047
• Publication Number:
  US 20120266701A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,341 Days
• Field of Search: 180 6521- 6529
• US Class Current: 180/65.22
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/383 One-way clutches or freewheel devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/48 Parallel type
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/003 to auxiliary motors, e.g. for pumps, compressors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/16 with provision for separate direct mechanical propulsion
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/08 including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/30 including control of auxiliary equipment, e.g. air-conditioning compressors or oil pumps
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 20/00 Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles hybrid vehicle design, B60K6/00; electric vehicles B60L
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors

Abstract

An accessory drive mechanism for a hybrid vehicle, capable of operating accessories irrespective of the travel state of the vehicle, and also capable of smoothly switching between the power which is transmitted from the traveling motor side and the power which is transmitted from the accessory drive motor side. The accessory drive mechanism is provided with a drive power take-off mechanism (20) for taking out the power from a travel drive system (D). An accessory (11) is connected to the drive power take-off mechanism (20). A first one-way clutch (C1) which can transmit the power only to the accessory (11) side is disposed between the drive power take-off mechanism (20) and the accessory (11). An accessory driving motor (an auxiliary motor (12e)) is connected to the side of the accessory (11) which is on the opposite side from the drive power take-off mechanism (20). A second one-way clutch (C2) which can transmit the power only to the accessory (11) side is disposed between the accessory (11) and the accessory driving motor (12).

Claims

1. An accessory drive mechanism for a hybrid vehicle, wherein a drive power take-off mechanism, which takes out a power from a traveling drive system including an engine and a traveling motor by means of a wrapping-type transmission mechanism, is provided, an accessory is connected to the drive power take-off mechanism via a gearbox, an output shaft of the drive power take-off mechanism and an output shaft of an accessory driving motor are connected to the gearbox, a first braking device is interposed in an output shaft of the drive power take-off mechanism, a second braking device is interposed in the output shaft of the accessory driving motor, a revolution measurement device which measures a number of revolutions of the traveling drive system and a control device are provided, a measurement result of the revolution measurement device is input to the control device, and the control device has functions of stopping the accessory driving motor, operating the second braking device and releasing the first braking device in a case that a number of revolutions transmitted from the traveling drive system is not lower than a predetermined number of revolutions and functions of driving the accessory driving motor, operating the first braking device and releasing the second braking device in a case that a number of revolutions transmitted from the traveling drive system is lower than the predetermined number of revolutions.

2. The accessory drive mechanism for a hybrid vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the output shaft of the drive power take-off mechanism and the output shaft of the accessory driving motor are coaxially arranged in the gearbox, the gearbox comprises:

a ring gear including internal teeth therein and being provided at an output shaft end portion of the drive power take-off mechanism;

a plurality of planetary gears including external teeth which engage with the internal teeth of the ring gear;

a sun gear including external teeth which engage with the external teeth of the planetary gears; and

a planetary gear carrier connecting to rotation centers of the planetary gears, the sun gear is provided at an output shaft end portion of the accessory driving motor, the planetary gear carrier includes a rotating shaft which is coaxial with the output shaft of the accessory driving motor and can rotate relatively to the output shaft of the accessory driving motor, external teeth are formed on an outer edge portion in a radial direction of the planetary gear carrier 32c, the accessory drive mechanism includes a first gear being externally engaged with the external teeth of the planetary gear carrier, and a rotating shaft of the first gear is connected to a pump for driving power steering and a compressor for supplying compressed air.